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Safeera Hussainy is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, affiliated with the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Department of General Practice. She holds a position as a Lecturer and contributes to the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety. Her research focuses on women's and sexual health (particularly emergency contraception), palliative care, weight management, and medicine use safety in aged care settings. She actively designs educational programs for healthcare professionals, emphasizing health literacy and pharmacy practice innovation.
Teaching commitments include coordinating courses like PAC2331 (Pharmacists as Communicators) and PAC2342 (Pharmacy in a Public Health Context), as well as lecturing in Integrated Therapeutics. She has led or contributed to significant research projects, including the ALLIANCE trial on expanding pharmacist roles in contraception access and the SPHERE initiative for sexual and reproductive health excellence.
Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to good health and well-being (SDG 3) and gender equality (SDG 5). Key areas of impact include improving access to emergency contraception, pharmacist-led contraceptive counseling, and optimizing medicine use in aged care facilities. Over 65 publications and four major funded projects reflect her sustained contributions to healthcare equity and professional practice advancement.
